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MMORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.social · 3h

They hate America’s freedoms. They hate our ability to speak our minds, our ability to worship (or not) as we choose; they hate the free press and the equality of women and minorities and of the LGBTQ+ communities.

They are profoundly un-American.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "This hate America rally that they have coming up for October 18? The antifa crowd, the pro-Hamas crowd, and the Marxists, they're all gonna gather on the Mall. It is an outrageous gathering for outrageous purposes ... all this has gotta come to an end."

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MMORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.social · 3h

Oh boy!

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 5h

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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MMORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.social · 13h

Boy do I enjoy season one of The Rings of Power. As a huge Jackson-trilogy LotR fan it feels of a piece with those films and of an admirably high quality. I’ve no idea how faithful it is or what others think about it, but I’m excited to start season two.

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MMORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.social · 13h

My Pixar Top Ten, in no order

Toy Story
A Bug’s Life
Toy Story 2
Monsters Inc.
The incredibles
WALL-E
UP
Brave
Inside Out
Luca

MMORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.social · 14h

I maintain that Pixar’s LUCA is top ten stuff. Their most Ghibli-ish film with a wonderfully Miyazakian sense of time & place; a marvelous focus on, and emotional specificity about, boys’ friendships. Sasha Baron Cohen shows up in this film for literally ONE MINUTE & makes me laugh uproariously.

MMORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.social · 14h

I maintain that Pixar’s LUCA is top ten stuff. Their most Ghibli-ish film with a wonderfully Miyazakian sense of time & place; a marvelous focus on, and emotional specificity about, boys’ friendships. Sasha Baron Cohen shows up in this film for literally ONE MINUTE & makes me laugh uproariously.

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MMORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.social · 15h

This lifelong DC fan could not be more pleased by this.

Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 2d

NYCC '25: Jim Lee's Retailer Day speech - "DC Comics will not support AI-generated storytelling or artwork."

NYCC ’25: Jim Lee’s Retailer Day speech – “DC Comics will not support AI-generated storytelling or artwork.”

Jim Lee delivered a fiery speech about the power of human art and DC's ongoing storytelling in the Retailer's Day keynote speech

www.comicsbeat.com

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Dalia the Raven ☪️ @turkishmeatchugger.bsky.social · 2d

Is it me or has THE LAST BOY SCOUT been neglected on home video over the past twenty years? We should have it in 4K, in one of those big sturdy Arrow Video boxed sets by now.

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MMORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.social · 19h

The words of Jesus Christ are “liberal” to people who do not care about the poor and the marginalized. Your paper is a disgrace.

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Rob Tracinski @tracinski.bsky.social · 1d

Theyre just threatening to shoot us now.

But it’s a bluff. Call it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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MMORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.social · 19h

Why do Republicans hate the military?

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 23h

A few minutes ago in the House:

- Speaker Mike Johnson officially cancels votes next week, extending the House recess through a fourth week

- House Republicans block Democrats from passing a bill to pay the troops during the shutdown, ensuring they will miss paychecks next week

House Press Gallery: During today's pro forma session, the Clerk read a message from the Speaker designating Tuesday, October 14 through Sunday, October 19 as a district work period.

Punchbowl's Briana Reilly: House gaveled in and out of its pro forma just now w/o recognizing Rep Elfreth, who was seeking to UC a mil pay bill from Rep Sykes.

Elfreth told reporters after that House Dems stand “ready and willing to take” up standalone legislation to pay troops.

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MMORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.social · 1d

Cue temper tantrum.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

BREAKING: Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 reut.rs/42uh3Aw

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 1d

Jack Dickinson, 26, says “we’re winning this.”

An Interview With the Portland Chicken

Rachel Saslow

www.wweek.com

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 1d

Adventures in framing:

Headline presenting this as a real-world question. Rather than as another sign of deepening vortex of narcissistic delusion and detachment from reality.

Headline: Trump Has His Eyes on Nobel Prize. Will He Get It?

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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MMORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.social · 1d

Okay grandpa.

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MMORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds very peaceful, you piece of shit.

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 1d

The Guardian- The US president may impose tariffs, demand higher NATO contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says, if on Friday he is not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. www.theguardian.com/world/202...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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MMORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.social · 1d

Never letting this Evil shit go.

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 3d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s video of the incident

MMORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.social · 2d

“Trump’s opponents say…”

JFC. Reuters can’t even say “these allegations are demonstrably false,” despite their empirically being demonstrably false.

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MMORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.social · 2d

…How do we all get jobs where we are paid “tens of billions” to miss “most goals,” and personally, materially damage our company’s brand and reputation?

How do the rest of us even hold onto ANY job when we miss “most goals” and personally, materially damage our company’s brand and reputation?

Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

Musk's record Tesla package will pay him tens of billions even if he misses most goals reut.rs/3KIjf11

Musk's record Tesla package will pay him tens of billions even if he misses most goals

When Tesla directors offered Elon Musk the biggest executive pay package in corporate history in September, it reassured investors that he would have to achieve the equivalent of “Mars-shot milestones” to earn $878 billion in Tesla stock over 10 years.

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CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 2d

Antifa's girlfriend.

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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 2d

When the only questions you're willing to answer are from right-wing outlets, you're well on your way to having a state-run media.

www.rawstory.com/trump-267416...

'One of the worst reporters you'll see': Trump rips CNN journalist and waves her off

President Donald Trump ripped a CNN journalist during a Wednesday news conference before the reporter could even ask her question. Trump took questions in the White House after hosting a roundtable di...

www.rawstory.com

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MMORZZ @mmorzz.bsky.social · 2d

Let’s just say it: why the fuck should anyone be beholden to what this delusional idiot thinks or feels or says? Very clearly he has no grip on reality.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

genuinely think they are feeding him AI videos

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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